Laura Sánchez (diver)

Laura Sánchez
Sánchez in 2013
Personal information
Full nameLaura Aleida Sanchez Soto
Born (1985-10-16) October 16, 1985
Guadalajara, Mexico
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

Laura Aleida Sánchez Soto (born October 16, 1985, in Guadalajara) is a Mexican female diver. She has represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004 (Athens, Greece). Sánchez scored her first Olympic medal on August 5, 2012, in London when she won the bronze in 3 meter springboard diving.

Sánchez also won two gold medals at the Pan American Games in 2011, one gold and one silver in 2007, and two silver in 2003.